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The state lottery in Florida has issued a warning to people in Bermuda buying tickets for the multimillion-dollar Powerball draw from a local bookmaker.
Paradise Games, on Court Street, offers tickets for the Powerball Lottery, telling customers on i...
DATE: Jan 14, 2016
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Political parties would have to disclose who funds their election campaigns under new legislation proposed by Marc Bean yesterday.
The Opposition leader called a press conference to push for a new good governance law to outlaw corruption and shine a ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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A private school is to scan the fingerprints of hundreds of secondary students in order for them to be able to get hot lunches and take out library books.
Warwick Academy confirmed yesterday it was introducing the “totally voluntary” system this term...
DATE: Jan 09, 2016
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Michael Dunkley yesterday explained his decision to hold the upcoming Commission of Inquiry behind closed doors.
The Premier, who announced the independent investigation into the handling of taxpayers’ money under the former Progressive Labour Party ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2016
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The Minister of Health gave permission for hospital chiefs to hire a non-Bermudian as chief financial officer without advertising the job, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board told this newspaper that David Thompson was given the...
DATE: Jan 07, 2016
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Bermuda Health Council has said it will investigate allegations of unpaid employee health insurance at Sandys 360 if former staff of the defunct sports facility get in touch.
The Royal Gazette yesterday reported claims by a former employee who said s...
DATE: Jan 06, 2016
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Hospital authorities have revealed information about 13 adverse events in the past five years which, in some cases, led to the death or permanent injury of patients.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board disclosed the information in response to a public access...
DATE: Jan 04, 2016
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Health
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Sam Strangeways
David Saul, the former Premier, has called for the appointment of “brave, wise and fearless” commissioners to investigate the handling of public funds during the former Progressive Labour Party administration.
Dr Saul yesterday praised Michael Dunkle...
DATE: Dec 24, 2015
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Young couple Kemar and Latifa Maybury fulfilled a shared dream when they launched the Smokin’ Barrel food truck together on Front Street four years ago.
But having lost his wife to cancer in 2013 just six months after their son was born, Mr Maybury i...
DATE: Dec 23, 2015
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Michael Dunkley was quizzed yesterday about conscription, same-sex marriage and the size of the Civil Service during an online chat with readers of The Royal Gazette.
The Premier spent 50 minutes at his computer at the Cabinet Office answering questi...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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Sam Strangeways